If there was a theme to the weekend, it was things that you can ride. Or things that have wheels. Or things that are just plain fun.
First thing Saturday morning, we headed out for Chestertown’s Earth Day celebration. There was an inflatable bouncing room on the courthouse lawn, and the kids took full advantage.
Afterward, Robbi and I drove to Washington to give a talk and the kids headed out with our neighbors Donald and Ann for a trip to the airport.
Actually, the plan was to play putt-putt golf at a place near the airport, but they found a place where they could park and sit in the grass and watch the planes come in.
Apparently, they felt so close, it was like you could reach out and touch them.
According to Kato, the planes were LOUD. And he was not at all unhappy about it.
After spending a while with the planes, the kids headed over to the golf course.
It was their first official outing, and apparently they had a great time.
Kato and Alden took their golfing very seriously. Apparently, Baby August was eager to get into the action, too.
But instead of using clubs, his approach was to walk over to the hole and chuck his ball inside.
As shown.
Which is to say, he got a hole in one each time.
And had the pride to show for it.
Let’s get a closer look at that celebration.
Apparently, the golf was a huge hit. We will be heading back some time soon.
Yesterday’s adventure was bicycle-related. We just got a new bike seat for August, one that can attach to Robbi’s bike so that he can ride between her legs. It took us about two hours to get everything set up (including a trip to the bike store to buy August and me both helmets).
Notice that it says GIANT on top of his helmet. This is a way of making sure you know that his noggin is about two sizes larger than a one-year-old’s head is supposed to be.
Consider it a warning of sorts.
After we had everything set up, we took off for a family ride. Kato sat between my legs, and Alden sat on a half-bike attached to my own.
And Robbi rode with August.
We drove through our neighborhood and over to the park and down by the river and up to the College on the bike path.
And over the footbridge between the College and the playing fields.
In full disclosure, we neglected to take photos of the hours it took for us to put all of the bike paraphernalia together, including the multiple screwing and unscrewing and rescrewing of bolts and nuts because we left some critical piece out. In the end we calculated that we had, in fact, mounted and unmounted each piece of each attachment at least twice, and in some cases three times. Which isn’t to say these things are hard to mount (they are, in fact, very simple to mount and cannot recommend them enough – if you’re interested, see HERE and HERE) – it’s just what comes of being an illustrator and a writer for a living. Though we spent a good deal of time in Doug the Baker’s driveway with various allen wrenches dodging the occasional piece of gravel August would let fly, the payoff was pretty good.
All in all, a grand weekend.